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Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Act 1999
17Jurisdiction of courts
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#### 17 Jurisdiction of courts
17 Jurisdiction of courts
> > (1) Any provision of a relevant State law that purports to confer jurisdiction on a federal court is taken not to have that effect.
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> > (2) Any provision of a law applied by a relevant State Act that excludes or limits the jurisdiction of any or all State courts is taken not to have that effect.
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> > (3) This section does not operate—
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> > > (a) so as to prevent a federal court from exercising jurisdiction (such as accrued jurisdiction) in connection with a relevant State law to the extent to which, but for subsection (1), that court could validly do so, or
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> > > (b) so as to prevent a relevant State law from conferring jurisdiction on a federal court to the extent to which, but for subsection (1), a State Act could validly do so.
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> > (4) Nothing in this section limits section 16.
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> > (5) In this section, relevant State law means a relevant State Act, or a law as applied by a relevant State Act, and includes a Commonwealth administrative law.
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> **s 17:** Ins 1999 No 55, Sch 1.2 \[2\].